Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028

A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Saturday, July 22, 2028, with a magnitude of 1.056. The central line of the path of the eclipse will cross the Australian continent from the Kimberley region in the north-west and continue in a south-easterly direction through Western Australia, the Northern Territory, south-west Queensland and New South Wales, close to the towns of Wyndham, Kununurra, Tennant Creek, Birdsville, Bourke and Dubbo, and continuing on through the centre of Sydney, where the eclipse will have a duration of over three minutes. It will also cross Queenstown and Dunedin, New Zealand. Totality will also be viewable from two of Australia's external territories: Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

Solar eclipse of July 22, 2028
Map
Type of eclipse
NatureTotal
Gamma−0.6056
Magnitude1.056
Maximum eclipse
Duration310 s (5 min 10 s)
Coordinates15.6°S 126.7°E / -15.6; 126.7
Max. width of band230 km (140 mi)
Times (UTC)
Greatest eclipse2:56:40
References
Saros146 (28 of 76)
Catalog # (SE5000)9570

This is the first time Sydney will experience a total solar eclipse since 26 March 1857 and will be the last until 3 June 2858.[1]

Details of the totality by location
Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2028
Country or Territory City or Town Start

of
partial
eclipse
(Local Time)

 Start of
total
eclipse (Local Time)		 End of
total
eclipse (Local Time)		 Duration of
total
eclipse		 End of
partial
eclipse (Local Time)		 Magnitude
 Cocos IslandsWest Island07:03:3708:12:0308:15:293 min 27s09:35:131,048
 Christmas IslandFlying Fish Cove07:39:4108:54:4908:58:423 min 53 s10:25:351,052
 AustraliaWyndham, Western Australia09:25:5410:57:5311:00:483 min 22 s12:31:301,056
 AustraliaKununurra, Western Australia09:27:4810:59:4111:02:352 min 54 s12:33:091,056
 AustraliaTennant Creek, Northern Territory11:16:5012:48:0112:51:253 min 23 s14:17:331,056
 AustraliaBedourie, Queensland12:06:4613:34:2413:38:554 min 31 s14:59:301,054
 AustraliaBourke, New South Wales12:27:1813:50:1113:54:164 min 05 s15:09:541,052
 AustraliaNyngan, New South Wales12:31:1113:53:1513:56:303 min 15 s15:10:531,052
 AustraliaDubbo, New South Wales12:34:3513:55:2313:59:133 min 51 s15:12:201,051
 AustraliaOrange, New South Wales12:36:1613:57:0913:59:292 min 18 s15:12:481,051
 AustraliaWollongong, New South Wales12:40:2713:59:4214:02:332 min 51 s15:14:211,051
 AustraliaSydney12:40:4213:59:3314:03:223 min 48 s15:14:401,051
 AustraliaCentral Coast, New South Wales12:40:5614:00:3714:03:112 min 54s15:14:541,051
 New ZealandQueenstown15:07:2616:15:0716:18:012 min 55 s17:20:061,045
 New ZealandDunedin15:09:0116:15:4816:18:392 min 51 s17:15:24 (sunset)1,045
 New ZealandAntipodes Islands15:14:0816:17:2116:19:552 min 34 s16:28:47 (sunset)1,042

Eclipses in 2028

Metonic

Tzolkinex

Half-Saros

Tritos

Solar Saros 146

Inex

Triad

Solar eclipses of 2026–2029

This eclipse is a member of a semester series. An eclipse in a semester series of solar eclipses repeats approximately every 177 days and 4 hours (a semester) at alternating nodes of the Moon's orbit.[2]

Solar eclipse series sets from 2026 to 2029
Ascending node   Descending node
Saros Map Gamma Saros Map Gamma
121 2026 February 17

Annular		 −0.97427 126 2026 August 12

Total		 0.89774
131 2027 February 6

Annular		 −0.29515 136 2027 August 2

Total		 0.14209
141 2028 January 26

Annular		 0.39014 146 2028 July 22

Total		 −0.60557
151 2029 January 14

Partial		 1.05532 156 2029 July 11

Partial		 −1.41908

Partial solar eclipses on June 12, 2029, and December 5, 2029, occur in the next lunar year eclipse set.

Saros 146

It is a part of Saros cycle 146, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 76 events. The series started with partial solar eclipse on 19 September 1541. It contains total eclipses from 29 May 1938, through 7 October 2154, hybrid eclipses from 17 October 2172, through 20 November 2226, and annular eclipses from 30 November 2244, through 10 August 2659. The series ends at member 76 as a partial eclipse on 29 December 2893. The longest duration of totality was 5 minutes, 21 seconds on 30 June 1992.

Metonic series

The metonic series repeats eclipses every 19 years (6939.69 days), lasting about 5 cycles. Eclipses occur in nearly the same calendar date. In addition, the octon subseries repeats 1/5 of that or every 3.8 years (1387.94 days). All eclipses in this table occur at the Moon's descending node.

21 events between July 22, 1971 and July 22, 2047
July 21–22 May 9–11 February 26–27 December 14–15 October 2–3
116 118 120 122 124

July 22, 1971
May 11, 1975
February 26, 1979
December 15, 1982
October 3, 1986
126 128 130 132 134

July 22, 1990
May 10, 1994
February 26, 1998
December 14, 2001
October 3, 2005
136 138 140 142 144

July 22, 2009
May 10, 2013
February 26, 2017
December 14, 2020
October 2, 2024
146 148 150 152 154

July 22, 2028
May 9, 2032
February 27, 2036
December 15, 2039
October 3, 2043
156

July 22, 2047

References
  1. Espenak, Fred. "Major Solar Eclipses visible from Sydney, Australia". NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
  2. van Gent, R.H. "Solar- and Lunar-Eclipse Predictions from Antiquity to the Present". A Catalogue of Eclipse Cycles. Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
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